“She is simply breathtaking, possessing a supple body that seems to have no spine, yet is anchored on a steel spike of consummate control.”
– Dance International, Audience Member, 2015
Testimonial – The Asahi, Japan, At Home 2011
“Nobody dances like him, and nobody can dance like him. The revolution of life takes place in his body.”
– The Asahi, Japan, Audience Member, 2011
Testimonial – Selma Trevino, At Home 2022
“The events offered by LEIMAY are always very thoughtful about being financially possible for everyone. They really look to build and help the community by offering arts and artists with great opportunities. I already had the opportunity to have my projects twice supported by their free rehearsal space for creation and investigation. It made it possible for me to further pursue my artistic goals.”
– Selma Trevino, Audience Member, 2022
Testimonial – Nicolas Norena, SOAK 2018
“Being a part of SOAK for the third time was such a wonderful experience to share the work we have been developing in the studio with a very diverse audience. It is a pleasure to perform amongst such different genres such as performance art, dance, opera and experimental theater.”
– Nicolas Norena, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Mariana Taragano
“SOAK has been a great experience both in terms of showing work but also in terms of experiencing the power of fellow artists in producing the presenting series together. I learnt a lot from my peers and enjoyed sharing a stage with such a diverse spectrum of artists.”
– Mariana Taragano, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Timothy Scott, SOAK 2018
“SOAK is a fabulous and enriching program of new works and works-in-progress from a wide range of artists. The array of work not only celebrates and supports artists, but students and the audience as well. It fills my heart to be part of such a warm community and gathering around performance. Being a part of SOAK this year was such a blessing! Being around such an energetic community and helping one another to put together a showcase of their work is the stuff dreams are made of. SOAK is a community that I am proud to belong to and am honored to call home!”
– Timothy Scott, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Polina Porras, SOAK 2018
“To co-produce and perform at SOAK is a challenge that makes you grow as an artist. SOAK is the perfect platform to try out new artistic ideas and share them with a supportive audience. This year’s SOAK was produced by the fellows, thus it offered another level of complexity and a glimpse to what is needed to be an artist in today’s world.”
– Polina Porras, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Kate Ladenheim, SOAK 2018
“Being a part of SOAK places you within a community of artists who are empowered to take the presentation of their work into their own hands. It is a valuable experience to build something collectively from the ground up, with guidance and framework from LEIMAY.”
– Kate Ladenheim, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Eunjin Choi, SOAK 2019
“SOAK was a great opportunity to connect with artists in NYC. It was also helpful with developing new work as well.”
– Eunjin Choi, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Bo Kyung Lee, SOAK 2018
“SOAK 2018 gave me an opportunity to meet amazing artists and a big thrill to meet enthusiastic audiences. I really appreciate Ximena and Shige inviting me as a guest Artist. Their passion and effort made me deeply impressed. I really look forward to meeting them again, not only as an artist but also as a friend.”
– Bo Kyung Lee, SOAK Artist, 2018
Testimonial – Teddy Tedholm, SOAK 2018
“The SOAK Festival was a wonderful opportunity to perform with like-minded, yet vastly different exploratory artists. I loved that everything was done for and by the artists, a fact which I think rang true in the authenticity of the evenings.”
– Teddy Tedholm, SOAK Artist, 2018
Testimonial – Sophia Treanor, SOAK 2018
“I am fascinated by the bridges between works that have been independently made, and SOAK has provided me with an opportunity to work alongside artists deep in their study. Performing with the support of the students at City Tech at Voorhees Hall allowed my work the time and technical assistance of a professional theater, which is a sparkly experience for an avant-garde artist.”
– Sophia Treanor, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow, 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Drew Weinstein, SOAK 2018
“SOAK provides a vital resource to young artists attempting to grow their body of work and hone their craft. Presenting in SOAK offers you both an opportunity to stage and perform work, but also a supportive community that welcomes artistic exploration, success, and failure of all kind, which is perhaps the most important thing for young artists learning their craft and finding their voice.”
– Drew Weinstein, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow 2017-2018, 2018
Testimonial – Derek DiMartini, SOAK 2017
“SOAK is an incredible opportunity to explore new work in a professional and supportive environment. Shige and Ximena strike a great balance between encouraging experimentation and providing insightful critique to strengthen the work while staying true to its original intention. Presenting with a community of other artists platforming their own incarnations truly enriches the experience.”
– Derek DiMartini, SOAK Artist, 2017
Testimonial – Lou (Lindsey) Mandolini, SOAK 2017
“Sharing new and highly vulnerable solo work during SOAK was affirming for me as a creator and community member. I felt supported by Ximena, Shige, and the entire LEIMAY Team. Post-show feedback from audience members and fellow artists was both insightful and essential to my creative process. I highly recommend SOAK for makers who want to take risks!”
– Lou (Lindsey) Mandolini, SOAK Artist, 2017
Testimonial – Averil, SOAK
“I appreciate SOAK because it does not discriminate, but rather wholly welcomes the diverse types of performance happening now, here in New York and across the globe. The unification is beautiful.”
– Averil, Audience member
Testimonial – Irena Romendik, SOAK 2012
“Little CAVE expanded its geography even to virtual realms, along with its usual global reach. The mixture of unmissable substances produces true mess, primordial soup from which new things emerge, in a slow motion.”
– Irena Romendik, LEIMAY Collaborator, 2012
Testimonial – Sabrina Lastman, SOAK 2012
“I want to thank CAVE for this opportunity to teach at the SOAK Festival. I think it is a great project combining performances & workshops during a week. My experience teaching “The Sonoric Voice Workshop” was reach and I really appreciated the participants being very open-minded to the experience. This workshop gave me inspiration for a future workshop for artists who want to research voice-sound seeds for their own artistic work. Also, the idea that teaching artists share among them their experiences and knowledge is very generous.”
– Sabrina Lastman, LEIMAY Guest Teacher, 2012
Testimonial – Stephanie Lanckton, SOAK 2012
“The SOAK Festival was a gathering of artists and community in a supportive setting. A chance to see what other local artists are interested in and creating. It was a diverse blend of performances and workshops, which felt very grassroots and authentic. I made new connections with people I didn’t know were here, and now have relationships with them. Also, I shared my own interests and creations with artists who had never seen my work before. I had a memorable and valuable experience at The SOAK Festival.”
– Stephanie Lanckton, LEIMAY Collaborator, 2012
Testimonial – Rachel Cohen, SOAK 2012
“Participating in the SOAK festival made me feel like an important member of a community of talented and committed artists. It was a great chance to share visions and ideas and to get valuable feedback. The atmosphere created was exactly what I entered the arts –and came to NYC– looking for. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it!”
– Rachel Cohen, Black Studio Resident, 2012
Testimonial – Rabbi Susan Laemmle, SOAK 2012
“We were visiting NY and took the opportunity to see our old friend Ben Spatz perform. We went to see his friend Maximilian, whom we met at Ben and Michelle’s wedding, perform as well, which was nice. We found both presentations engaging and professional, though I particularly liked the inter-textual, more serious bent of Ben’s piece, which reminded me of Beckett.”
– Rabbi Susan Laemmle, Ph.D.
Testimonial – Sophie Ortiz, Outsight 2024
“Participating in LEIMAY’s OUTSIGHT series was a transformative experience for Taylor and me. After six months of dedicated work in the studio, it was exhilarating to present our newest piece, CIS BOOM BLAH, to an audience beyond our usual creative space. The setting—the Dorothy Strelsin Community Garden, was picturesque, surrounded by fellow artists, friends, and family—created a vibrant backdrop that amplified our excitement.”
– Sophie Ortiz, Outsight Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Emily LaRochelle, Outsight 2024
“Everyone I have met from LEIMAY is welcoming and generous. The programming feels accessible and community-focused. I am so grateful to know about this amazing organization, and I look forward to attending more of their events.”
– Emily LaRochelle, Outsight Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Sarazina Stein, Outsight 2024
“The LEIMAY staff and team are so kind, supportive, and generous! Their events are very welcoming and presented beautifully, and I feel honored to be a part of the LEIMAY community of diverse artists.”
– Sarazina Stein, Outsight Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Ching-I Chang, Outsight 2024
“The peripherals/subalterns often create works outside the mainstream. The OUTSIGHT program supported the creation of the outsiders with its full force of nature.”
– Ching-I Chang, Outsight Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Tamara Leigh, Outsight 2023
“LEIMAY has been an extremely supportive resource in my career. The day of the show we felt very supported and cared for. They have found many ways to uplift emerging artists and bring communities together.”
– Tamara Leigh, Outsight Artist, 2023
Testimonial – Dominica Greene, Outsight 2023
“OUTSIGHT was a wonderful opportunity to share community-engaged work in an accessible and serene environment. I’d certainly do it or attend again!”
– Dominica Greene, Outsight Artist, 2023
Testimonial – Victoria Guest, Outsight 2023
“The Outsight event was incredibly refreshing with the perfect garden setting, beautiful live performances, and the opportunity to connect with such a wonderful and welcoming community. It was my first time going to a LEIMAY event, and it felt like such a safe space.”
– Victoria Guest, Outsight Artist, 2023
Testimonial – Nadia Khayrallah, Outsight 2023
“OUTSIGHT was a refreshing way to connect with an audience in an intimate public space. The community garden as an environment instilled a sense of care and groundedness in our performances.”
– Nadia Khayrallah, Outsight Artist, 2023
Testimonial – Denisa Musilova, Outsight 2021
“It all worked out for me 🙂 I was very happy with it, with the place and overall organization. Thank you for the opportunity.”
– Denisa Musilova, Outsight Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Cora Laszlo, Outsight 2021
“I’m very grateful for the fellowship, and I think it allows the artists an open space to pursue their ideas with both freedom and support. The format worked well for me: having the studio allowed me to keep my practice and dive into the creative process and having OUTISIGHT to share the creation guided the process. The creation of sight-specific works is part of my previous work, and this fellowship was great to continue this ongoing research. The virtual initiatives (the workshops, the OUTISGHT IN, and our meetings) were great to keep us connected. I also thank you all from LEIMAY that created a warm and welcoming relation throughout the whole series.”
– Cora Laszlo, Outsight Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Thea Little, Outsight 2021
“I feel grateful that LEIMAY provided the sound system and power that I needed and Brandon was very clear and responsive reassuring me about that as well as answering email questions promptly. I felt supported by LEIMAY as well: Ximena’s speech after my performance was very warm and Shige helped me with figuring out what was wrong with my first headmic as well as “showing me the ropes” with how to keep the rope untangled. I also felt happy that Masa and Polina were there to support and help out in a friendly way as well. Krystel marketed the events very well and I liked the request for all of us to put stories onto the LEIMAY IG.”
– Thea Little, Outsight Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Rebecca Pappas, Outsight 2021
“The tech ran smoothly and all worked hard and well to put on a show. I was so appreciative of the opportunities through the last year and a half to share and develop work in progress. I am so thankful to Shige, Brandon, Krystel, Masa and Ximena for all your work on these programs. Very appreciated.”
– Rebecca Pappas, Outsight Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Kelly Ashton Todd, Outsight 2019
“My experience with LEIMAY and OUTSIGHT was essential to both projects I am in the process for. Being awarded free studio space allowed me to remove the pressures of creating quickly and just be able to live in the process of playing, exploring, and molding a story. Collaborating with OUTSIGHT was an experience I’ve been craving, but wasn’t sure how to make it happen. It is essential for the work I’m doing to discover more ways to merge the local NYC community with my global environmental work and I believe that begins with our communal gardens.”
– Kelly Ashton Todd, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Martin & Arely, Outsight 2019
“At the Outsight performance we had the opportunity to share a work, on the one hand with NYC artistic peers, but also with the community surrounding the garden. It’s great to have people walking by and joining a performance experience, it’s what the experience of performing at the Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden can provide.
We were able to use some materials that we found on the site, like stone bricks, or the sound created by feet on the stone soil. Designing the path on the already set pathways of the garden was a superposition of two tracks, a performative one and an everyday one.”
– Martin & Arely, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Rebecca Fitton, Outsight 2019
“LEIMAY’s fellowship program allowed me the chance to build a consistent studio practice, something I’ve never had in NYC. The OUTSIGHT series gave me the opportunity to build a work in an environment I believe in and experiment with creative aspects typically adjacent to my performance-based work.”
– Rebecca Fitton, Outsight Artist, 2019
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Testimonial – Deborah Black, Outsight 2019
“I loved being a part of Outsight. All communications from the LEIMAY staff were organized and clear. The space was well described and I enjoyed having ample time to tech and rehearse before the show. More importantly, Outsight is an exciting dance event for New York City. I love that it is free and therefore accessible to anyone who wants to join. Thank you for a wonderful experience!”
– Deborah Black, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Audience at Outsight 2019
“Outstanding/ exceptional; interesting how they incorporate the audience; it was a wonderful/ beautiful show”
– Audience at OUSIGHT September 29, 2019. Performance by Effy Grey.
Testimonial – Emily Smith, Outsight 2019
“I was so happy to be able to perform in such a beautiful space! It was inspiring to the work itself.
And it was lovely to meet people who gathered around this space as a space of peace within the neighborhood.
I was very happy to work with Kayleigh, Ximena, and Shige, expectations were clear, and I felt taken care of as a performer.
I feel like my work as an artist has grown from this experience and I am grateful to have been a part of this series.”
– Emily Smith, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Esther BakerTarpaga, Outsight 2019
“I enjoyed working in the garden and responding to the space in a cement-full environment. It rained. I started at an orange wall across the street where I saw a model posing earlier in the day. Adama and I connected with flute drum and dance. The intense ending proved to be complex and real and I’m thankful Ximena and Shige came to support. What a good nite to recognize the deep understanding and support we developed at Earthdance.”
– Esther BakerTarpaga, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Roxy Gordon, Outsight 2019
“Part of my LEIMAY Fellowship involved a presentation of my work in the OUTSIGHT Series at the Dorothy Streslin Community Garden. The work that I was cultivating had, up until OUTSIGHT, lived in the LEIMAY space. The space itself is a blank canvas. White box with marley is hard to come by in NYC and having it to create both complicated my process and enhanced it. Having such a neutral space forced my work deeper inside itself, creating something even more sensual and exploratory than I had thought was possible. Being asked to then move the work from a whitebox studio into a public garden was an important moment for me to add a new layer to the piece while simultaneously editing out what no longer felt relevant. It forced me to ask questions that my research had previously not been asked. What happens when our work is witnessed in a public space? What becomes important and what gets lost? I found that the parts of my work that I had not been able to understand either fell away completely in the garden or became fully fleshed out. Nature and specifically a garden maintained and loved by a community is a creative tool that can nurture not only the flowers and plants that grow in it but also the people and the art that live in it for a short time. Watching people walk by and stop by was really powerful. Witnessing art just like we witness the trees on the streets we walk every day both makes art more accessible and part of the atmosphere.”
– Roxy Gordon, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Pamyla Cummings, Outsight 2019
“Performing “Nox” choreographed by Joy Douglas outdoors in this beautiful garden brought a new element to the work. I felt more connected to the dirt, the grass, the trees and the world around me.”
– Pamyla Cummings, Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Ann Francis Ang, Outsight 2019
“It gave me an alternative perspective toward site-specific performance, and adjusting from the studio to the garden space provided a challenging but fruitful experience.”
– Ann Francis Ang (Douglas & Co. Performer), Outsight Artist, 2019
Testimonial – Anonymous, Incubator 2024
“Finding and renting a rehearsal studio when creating choreographies has been a significant burden, so LEIMAY’s incubator program was very helpful in my creative process.
The studio is in a convenient and trendy location in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The studio with a sprung floor and a beautiful ceiling window was like my dream rehearsal studio.
The staff at LEIMAY was very friendly, supportive, efficient, and quick to respond to any of my questions.
Thanks to LEIMAY’s Incubator program, I could develop my practice of body movement and Zen meditation relationships. Thank you.”
– Anonymous, Incubator Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Beau Bree Rhee, Incubator 2023
“The LEIMAY Incubator Artist Residency program is a generous program that gave me the space & time to explore new choreographic ideas in a non-hurried & supportive way. The freedom to create without a specific deliverable is really special & radical. There’s a respect for the process of creation that feels spacious and respectful. The space is intimate, historic & worked really well for the suite of portrait-solos I was working on this spring. I enjoyed the sense of community developed with the LEIMAY team & the other resident artists”.
– Beau Bree Rhee, Incubator Artist, 2023
Testimonial – Nicole von Arx, Incubator 2022
“I’m grateful for creative homes like LEIMAY that offer a stress-free, welcoming, and process-based residencies for artists like myself.”
– Nicole von Arx, Incubator Artist, 2022
Press Quote – Brooklyn Rail, Love is Shock by Shinichi Koga, NYBF 2003
“Hiding under mounds of a gorgeous fabric cloak, (Koga) softly blew a white kerchief from his face and peaked out curiously. A charming presence, he was rooted but levitating; within this tiny gem of a dance a path from dark to light moved like a stream. Eventually, letting down the burden of his cloak, he stomped on it as he turned in a slow circle. I overheard an audience member say “I want to marry that dance.”’’
– Alissa Cardone, “Butoh: The Good of Going Out of Style,” The Brooklyn Rail, 2004
Testimonial – Ari LaMora
“I am so grateful to have been provided this time and space through LEIMAY. It allowed me to have a safe space to explore and create without physical limitations such as a couch or dining room table, as well as without mental limitations such as roommates interrupting. It was so nice to begin and end my days in a space to process, reflect and grow. The community created and provided through the Incubator Program is something that I will cherish moving forward.”
– Ari LaMora, Incubator Artist, 2022
Testimonial – Kristel Baldoz
“LEIMAY’s Incubator Program was a great way for me to work on my artistic ideas without any pressure to create a piece, allowing me to wildly experiment!”
– Kristel Baldoz, Incubator Artist, 2022
Testimonial – Melani De Guzman
“The LEIMAY Incubator program truly supports artists of all disciplines. They are extremely helpful, communicative, and giving. The space is so sacred and allows you to focus on your craft.”
– Melani De Guzman, Incubator Artist, 2022
Testimonial – Selma Trevino
“The Incubator program gave me ground to start a project in the middle of the pandemic in a very uncertain time. I could not have done without it, because I had no money to pay for a studio to work. To be able to restart working in my artistic goals, gave me support and encouraged me to keep working and applying for more opportunities. I already had a work-in-progress showing and more opportunities coming my way because I have something solid, created during the residency. Thank you LEIMAY!”
– Selma Trevino, Incubator Artist, 2022
Testimonial – Yoko Murakami
“The Incubator program by LEIMAY was very special – the space is cozy and feels totally detached from the hectic NYC energy. The skylight connects us to the sense of time and I enjoyed being in the space in both darkness and light. I benefited from the fact that it was a process-based program, yet the organizers were very supportive in sharing our works-in-process and any showings we may have. Very grateful for the summer I spent there and hope to find myself in the space again soon!”
– Yoko Murakami, Incubator Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Dorchel Haqq
“This intimate incubation space allowed me to explore the rawness of my imagination. The program welcomed and respected my process by giving me time to explore in depth.”
– Dorchel Haqq, Incubator Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Incubator Participant
“I really appreciate LEIMAY’s dedication to reaching out and offering support with no strings attached. It was a surprising gift to know I would be able to take time for myself each week this fall to build on specific works and to expand into my practice in general. This small team was immensely helpful and thoughtful in what they offered and I am excited for more artists to have a chance at this program in the future.”
– Incubator Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Mar Orozco Arango
“The Incubator Program is exactly what an artist needs: space to make art. It is because of programs like this that underrepresented artists can emerge, and I am deeply grateful for having been a part of it.”
– Mar Orozco Arango, Incubator Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Sandra F. Kaplan, At Home 2022
“I was so glad to be back at CAVE! I enjoyed the performance and was interested to see a 2022 performer modifying Butoh as time has gone by. I was also interested in the talk afterwards.”
– Sandra F. Kaplan, Audience Member, 2022
Testimonial – Ogemdi Ude
“Having a consistent time/schedule in the space is really helpful for me to wrap my mind around the long-term development of a solo project. Thank you for this generous opportunity! I am so grateful.”
– Ogemdi Ude, Incubator Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Peggy Gould
“The depth of knowledge and artistry, and the profound generosity of the LEIMAY community are among the many admirable aspects of this program. The commitment here to welcome all participants, to honor each individual’s presence and unique capacity to engage in this practice, while providing well-considered encouragement to go beyond what we are accustomed to doing as performers, makes possible a level of achievement for each and for all as a group. The growing vision of connecting and building artistry over great distances through the use of live-streaming media is especially inspiring.”
– Peggy Gould, LEIMAY LUDUS Training Group Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Xi Nan
“LEIMAY’s staff/teachers care about all bodies’ needs and made accommodations when I registered for the LUDUS training class— due to my physical disability, I wanted to give a try for the first class to see if it would be suitable for me. LEIMAY offered me a free first class and a discounted rate when I decided to register for the full course. And their teachers are responsible and make students feel so welcome as we are from all levels and diverse backgrounds. And they are also planning to install some facilities to assist people with disabilities practice in the studio.”
– Xi Nan, LEIMAY LUDUS Training Group Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Anonymous
“The LEIMAY LUDUS Training group was an excellent dive back into movement after having taken some time off from dance classes. It pushed me creatively and physically, and gave me a lot to work with not only in the studio, but in my creative practices outside of it.”
– Anonymous, LEIMAY LUDUS Training Group Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Cora Laszlo
“LEIMAY LUDUS Lab was not only a great opportunity to learn from the deep movement and creation research LEIMAY has developed, but also a space for community and reflection on how to keep moving today.”
– Cora Laszlo, LEIMAY LUDUS Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Claire B
“The training opportunity is one of a kind. Interesting people with unique perspectives on art will take you for a wild ride. Your psyche emerges refreshed and your body properly challenged to surpass the everyday uses to which it is usually put.”
– Claire B, LEIMAY LUDUS Training Group Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Jeremy Goren
“This workshop experience was truly a gift. I signed up because I was feeling a bit lonely and isolated artistically. I hadn’t done any dance training in a while and I was looking to meet new friends and collaborators. I got just that and much more. I had researched or experienced similar forms of movement practice while studying dance in New York and abroad, but I had never done anything over the span of multiple weeks. I know the LUDUS Lab barely scratched the surface of the work that is normally done at LEIMAY; however, I could tell by the way we were led through the work and by observing the way Ximena works with Krystal and Masa, that these practices ask us to step outside of ourselves and dive deep, and then to go even further, continuing to question and explore how to deepen from there. I left each Tuesday night with a fresh set of eyes on the world, and new perspective from which to move.”
– Jeremy Goren, LEIMAY LUDUS Training Group Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Akane Little
“LEIMAY really offers a special space of liberated movement exploration. LEIMAY cultivates a space unique from many other contemporary dance spaces in New York City – the environment is warm, welcoming, non-competitive, and allows for genuine space to explore movement and deepen into artistry.”
– Akane Little, LEIMAY LUDUS Lab – Yukio Suzuki Participant, 2022
Testimonial – Claire B.
“This class is the highlight of my week, I love it! In a welcoming, non-judgmental setting, physical elements are carefully attended to while the mind and spirit are revitalized. It is an honor to explore with members of this amazing company their butoh-derived movement practice called LUDUS.”
– Claire B., LEIMAY LUDUS Online Class Participant, 2021
Testimonial – Arielle Gonzalez
“I attend LEIMAY classes as a way to connect with fellow artists while simultaneously expanding my own personal creativity. Taking LEIMAY classes allowed me to explore my imagination in a profoundly deep and engaged way… something I don’t think I had done in YEARS. This informed my movement as a dancer and brought me immense joy as a person. I took part in the Becoming series of classes in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic and always left class feeling better than when I had come in. It was grounding, enlightening, and truly a delight to come to class every week. I am a better artist for it.”
– Arielle Gonzalez, LEIMAY LUDUS Online Class Participant, 2020
Testimonial – Elyse Desmond
“LEIMAY Online classes offer me a sense of warmth and openness as soon as I join the Zoom room. When I take Latin Cardio I always feel like I have walked into a dance party with close friends and my body feels great after!”
– Elyse Desmond, LEIMAY LUDUS Online Class Participant, 2020
Testimonial – Ruxandra Raffols
“My daughter and I participated in the online classes together. We were able to get a welcome relief from the Covid19 experience by escaping into the fun and silly world of dance that LEIMAY offered. She would look forward to the next class every week, and the lessons would often transfer into our everyday life, as I could see her considering the movement of everyday objects. My favorite part was hearing the class taught bilingually. We are a bilingual family and my children are very much used to hearing things expressed twice.”
– Ruxandra Raffols, LEIMAY LUDUS Online Class Participant, 2020
Testimonial – Michael Mangieri
“This LUDUS lab was an incredible experience. Tadashi is a unique, powerful and playful teacher. I learned so much about the body, about improvisation, about performance that I’ll be metabolizing for a long time. I feel lucky to have worked with the other lab participants. Thank you to Ximena, Shige and LEIMAY company for cultivating such an alive and accessible artistic community.”
– Michael Mangieri, LEIMAY LUDUS Performance Lab -Tadashi Endo Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Sophie Ortiz, Outsight 2024
“Participating in LEIMAY’s OUTSIGHT series was a transformative experience for Taylor and me. After six months of dedicated work in the studio, it was exhilarating to present our newest piece, CIS BOOM BLAH, to an audience beyond our usual creative space. The setting—the Dorothy Strelsin Community Garden, was picturesque, surrounded by fellow artists, friends, and family—created a vibrant backdrop that amplified our excitement.
The unique blend of cheerleading’s familiar aesthetic with its dark history blended into the technique sparked a genuine curiosity about how our work would be received. The laughter and cheers from the audience were not just affirmations of our efforts but also a thrilling rush of adrenaline that fueled our performance.
CIS BOOM BLAH is a reflection of our journey through shared moments of fun, frustration, and curiosity. The Incubator program with LEIMAY and the opportunity to cultivate our work with such a supportive community has been incredibly rewarding. We are profoundly grateful for this experience and the chance to engage with other passionate artists.”
– Sophie Ortiz, Outsight Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Ching-I Chang
“LEIMAY provides easy and accessible application process for international artists whose native language might not be English. The venue is a welcoming place that dedicate to embodied artists with LEIMAY’s tremendous generosity of time, space and artistic support. A rare gift in the art world.”
-Ching-I Chang, Incubator Artist, 2024
Testimonial – Judith Barnes, SOAK 2018
“Bringing SOAK to the stage in collaboration with LEIMAY and City Tech was a gratifying experience in collective artistic production. The myriad tasks of producing the (very diverse) performances were accomplished by the Fellows and the staff of LEIMAY in a remarkably efficient way. As a long-time artistic producer myself, I was impressed at the thoroughness of the vision and the spirit of cooperation and mutual respect that characterized the entire effort.”
– Judith Barnes, SOAK Artist and LEIMAY Fellow, 2018
Testimonial – Moeno Wakamatsu
“I have had the pleasure to be a LEIMAY guest teacher at CAVE for several years now. When I teach at LEIMAY, I find serious, intelligent, and creative participants of all ages and backgrounds, who are eager to challenge themselves. What I appreciate is the level understanding by its directors and the community of artistic concepts often difficult to grasp and to master. I find that LEIMAY is unique as it was founded by artists and the directors continue to maintain their artistic integrity. LEIMAY’s studio CAVE has been a vibrant place of concerts, performances, and exhibitions, and it is precisely this background of this real working place that makes LEIMAY LUDUS Training program an important place for pedagogy on the arts. One can truly call it a ‘workshop’ of the arts. I have seen LEIMAY develop in the last 10 years, and I hope to continue to see its growth”.
– Moeno Wakamatsu, LUDUS Guest Teacher, 2020
Testimonial – Sonia Nizam
“I want to let you know how much I enjoyed your class!!! I have learned so much about letting go and moving the body in a way where the audience is unnecessary. ‘Dance like nobody is watching’ felt like a theme.
And I truly appreciate the cost reduction, because I wouldn’t have been able to afford it without it.
Thank you so much for letting me be a part of LEIMAY. I am optimistic about the future though, I would really like to take classes at LEIMAY when this pandemic ends.”
– Sonia Nizam, LEIMAY LUDUS Community Class Participant, 2020
Testimonial – Erin Landers
“1) LUDUS Community Class is a dance class open to all which focuses on movement from an experiential perspective through set exercises, imagery, and personal and group explorations. 2) one of the many things I took away from community class is the possibility of strength without effort. 3) this class is fun, challenging, physical, thought-provoking, and you should definitely give it a try.”
– Erin Landers, LEIMAY LUDUS Community Class Participant, 2018
Testimonial – Michael Mangieri
“I keep coming back to community classes and labs because I’m fascinated by the elements that make up LEIMAY’s practice. As someone who doesn’t have a performing background it’s wonderful to have a passage into such a singular and rich body of work. Ximena and company members create a warm and inclusive space in a way that feels both freeing and rigorous. Thank you LEIMAY!”
– Michael Mangieri, LEIMAY LUDUS Community Class Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Sorin Prodea
“The training with Ximena was great, I really enjoyed what I learned from the workshops that she gave us. I found it really interesting the way she thinks about the body in terms of how to feel it and how to use it. The exercises that she taught us, I’m sure I’ll use them from now on in my warm ups, because they were great.”
– Sorin Prodea, LUDUS Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Alessandro Anglani
“The training proposed by LEIMAY is very interesting because it works on a fundamental aspect when we talk about contemporary art. In my opinion being able to recognize the artistic work as belonging to the universe of the game and therefore giving it two main connotations (the focus, the play for the purpose of playing, as an act of joy, and the LUDUS, the participation inside of a series of rules to success) becomes important when we define a performative act. The type of work proposed by LEIMAY has a very strong physical component, moving from the concrete control of your body to the enhancement of the imagination by abstracting the body itself. I remember as a moment of great frustration and fun the training that led us to imagine ourselves as very large and then very small, then to transform ourselves into a flower and go through various forms, opening and closing ourselves, until we drive an imaginary bicycle; all this always leaning only on one point of the basin. A great effort that helps to explore limits that normally would not be faced. Obviously everything that is dealt with in the training is perfectly consistent with the performance experience of LEIMAY.”
– Alessandro Anglani, LUDUS Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Yuri Ogasawara
“What I find fascinating each time I take the workshop is how much imagination could possibly be reached. I realize how I put myself in the limited world and forget the endless possibilities of existence. This workshop is to awaken such senses we already possess within ourselves.”
– Yuri Ogasawara, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Katherine Hreib
“LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive cultivated that mysterious chemistry that is present in all good relationships, both within and among participants. Ximena’s teachings quickly brought us into breath with cosmic imagination, enlivening all directions within the body. I faced myself continuously, witnessed my habits and boundaries, and through demonstrations of effortlessness was repeatedly dared to move beyond them. Together we danced the inner dance whose motivation is deeper than aesthetics, it is the dance that seeks multi-sensory physical and spiritual receptiveness and integration.”
– Katherine Hreib, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Michael Evans
“In CAVE’s wonderful and serene space (they have white Marley floors!!!!) in May, I absolutely loved attending Zack Fuller’s 3-day LUDUS Lab workshop through LEIMAY, where I experienced total body awareness that I had wished for. Thank you very much LEIMAY!”
– Michael Evans, LEIMAY LUDUS Lab – Zack Fuller Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Odeya Nini
“Leading Free The Voice workshop at LEIMAY was a wonderful experience. The folks that came were from all different backgrounds and it was a safe place for everyone to gather and explore their voice. The space itself, with its white walls, gave the feeling of starting from zero with space to experience growth into something new.”
– Odeya Nini, LEIMAY LUDUS Lab Guest Teacher, 2019
Testimonial – Justin Collins
“Zach Fuller provided a well-structured glimpse into his choreographic process. Even with attending only one day, I had a great introduction to his work and to the work of those he has worked with, such as Min Tanaka. LEIMAY labs bring me from 1.5 hours away, and I don’t know of anything like it in New York City.”
– Justin Collins, LEIMAY LUDUS Lab -Zack Fuller Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Claudia Tinageros Moncayo
“Nuevo espacio sagrado para explorar cómo se encuentra mi cuerpo danzarín. La verdad siempre siento cierta incertidumbre al empezar un nuevo reconocimiento de lo que tengo dentro. Vuelve a mi mente esa frase que debo ser honesta con mi propio movimiento y con lo que realmente deseo comunicar.
Mi cuerpo migrante ha sufrido muchos cambios y demasiada información acumulada. Siempre agradecida de tener la posibilidad de aprender y replantear mi trabajo como artista del movimiento.
Hoy empieza un nuevo viaje bajo la guía de una nueva maestra Ximena Garnica en mi vida, quien ya se robó mi corazón por su gran sabiduría y humildad al trasmitirla”.
– Claudia Tinageros Moncayo, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Katya Popova
“I had a great experience attending a workshop taught by Zack Fuller at the Ludus Lab. The exercises varied from Butoh-inspired body work to physical theater movements. I really enjoyed the space and atmosphere of the Lab and would love to participate in other workshops in the future.”
– Katya Popova, LEIMAY LUDUS Lab -Zack Fuller Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Joan Wada
“Throughout the Tadashi Endo workshop at the LEIMAY studio, I kept seeing and hearing new strange things that I knew in my heart were familiar. Instead of showing the audience how beautiful our movements are, he said real beauty came from the pain deep within ourselves. Instead of dancing a sad dance with sad music (which is essentially feeling sorry for ourselves), he said to be happy and appreciate our sadness, and the dance will come. This workshop has shaken me up from my roots and altered the way I experience my relationships. Thank you so much.”
– Joan Wada, LEIMAY LUDUS Performance Lab -Tadashi Endo Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Ron Wada
“The workshop with Tadashi Endo was an outstanding experience, challenging and intense, physically and artistically demanding! I was stretched to my limit in more ways than one. There were many unique exercises designed to expand movement vocabulary and help us to find that elusive space in between our previously known reality. It really can’t be put into words, but Tadashi was our guide, prodding us to explore and find something new in ourselves. I’ll never forget his teaching that “each movement carries a question that is never answered.” It was a privilege to be included in his creative process, and an inspiration to participate in the performance. A priceless experience! Looking forward to seeing everyone again!”
– Ron Wada, LEIMAY LUDUS Performance Lab -Tadashi Endo Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Rachel Austin
“Working with Tadashi Endo at LEIMAY deepened my understanding of Butoh in ways I truly hadn’t expected. I came to the workshop looking to reconnect with my movement in preparation for creating a piece for voice, dance and electronics. So I wasn’t sure what I hoped to get out of it except to increase my vocabulary and to be challenged. Tadashi surprised me with his very particular approach to Butoh; I’ve studied Butoh with several different dancer-educators, but had somehow missed the depth to which the form requires us to go in our imagination. I found myself allowing myself to move past mental barriers and to search for a deeper sense of movement, following my body and mind into gestures –and learning to trust that process. This was really what I got out of the 2 week intensive: trust your intuition and your body. I am grateful that LEIMAY took the bold step in inviting Tadashi to come and teach; not many spaces have the courage to invite that kind of work, which can both deepen and revitalize a performer’s approach. I think a key element of this particular intensive was the performance at the end. For me —as a long time performer— moving into the public eye was key after such deeply personal work. In a sense, the performance at the end allowed me to road-test what we had done and drive it home. I feel I still have more to explore, but I certainly feel the intensive was exactly what I needed.”
– Rachel Austin, LEIMAY LUDUS Performance Lab – Tadashi Endo Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Peter Sciscioli
“Returning to CAVE to offer a two-day LEIMAY/LUDUS Lab in Voice as Movement this January was a wonderful opportunity and a true joy. Having continuity between being a guest teacher there in 2016 to the present has created the consistency and familiarity that make a space feel like a home. I have been able to grow my teaching and research by working with new people from a range of backgrounds, ages and ethnicities, and to meet collaborators for my own creative work. To me, that represents one of the best gifts of living in New York and the welcoming atmosphere that LEIMAY provides.”
– Peter Sciscioli, LEIMAY LUDUS Lab – Peter Sciscioli Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Lauren Lloyd Williams
“I recently completed a 3-day LUDUS Winter Workshop at LEIMAY that was centered around the exploration of Hijikata’s Butoh-Fu. It was my first time at CAVE and thoroughly enjoyed my experience. Ximena + Andrea were excellent teachers, very knowledgeable and regardless of our previous experience, made all of us feel very welcome. As someone who doesn’t have a strong movement background, they were very encouraging and reminded us it’s not about perfection, simply participation and most of all to have fun and stay curious. I look forward to attending their drop-in classes on Wednesday in the future and keeping an eye out for the ensemble’s performances.”
– Lauren Lloyd Williams, LEIMAY LUDUS Winter Intensive Participant, 2019
Testimonial – Jose Rivera Jr.
“Ximena’s Summer intensive in SOAK 2018 gave us the space to explore our physical limitations and the capacity of our imagination in relation to our bodies. Although I only attended for one day, it gave me the permission to soften back into my own practice and move again.”
– Jose Rivera Jr., LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2018
Testimonial – Abbey Klotz
“I enjoyed my experience, even though it’s really physically difficult work (at times)! It challenges me on so many levels and that’s why I come, but it’s also really fun to be there with the LEIMAY company. I learn a lot from all of you. I especially enjoyed the development of the string –from an actual string to an imaginary string. Perhaps that string took new forms in the subsequent days. I think I learned things from excercises that I can build on in my own way and capacity.”
– Abbey Klotz, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2018
Testimonial – Nurya Chana
“As a dancer and performer, I crave meaningful, critical, and rigorous work on embodied movement. Ximena constructs workshops that attend down to the subtle crevasses of presence, giving personal feedback and challenging lessons until the body finds itself changed in an extending space of shimmering, activated air.”
– Nurya Chana, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2018
Testimonial – Becca Loevy
“LEIMAY artistic director Ximena said the first class I took from her that each class would be like looking at one section of an elephant, and only after a number of classes could the whole picture begin to unfold. With that in mind, each class I’ve taken at LEIMAY has a similar quality, yet shifts vastly from large to small, slow to fast, together, apart, and many different forms of rigorous. Butoh has become not simply a slow meditation, but also a vibrant, pulsing beast that falls in and out of sleep while being ever aware. Each class is a huge step in authenticating and deepening my movement practice, specifically as a dancer!”
– Becca Loevy, LEIMAY LUDUS Summer Intensive Participant, 2018
Testimonial – Theresa Magario
“Discovering that CAVE was within walking distance of my apartment stripped away all of my excuses to not come and see what was going on there. What I have met with –and still meet with– in CAVE is an astonishing, refreshing kind of education that I don’t think I would have found at any other performance establishment in New York City.”
– Theresa Magario, LUDUS Participant
Testimonial – Stephanie Lanckton
“CAVE has played an influential role on my path, both artistically, and personally. In 2007, I moved to New York City from Portland, Oregon to perform in the 2007 Cave New York Butoh Festival, with butoh master Akira Kasai, which CAVE made possible. From that point forward, CAVE has been a very large part of my life whether through participating in workshops, attending performances, or renting space to create work. When I think of CAVE, I think of fertile ground, a space where creativity, exploration and growth are encouraged. Since 2007, CAVE has provided a place for me (and many others) to study with butoh masters from around the globe, and to connect with local artists. I am so thankful for what CAVE evokes, which to me is community, cohesion and connectivity. Since 2007, I have performed at CAVE, both solo work and ensemble work. In May of this year, 2012, I will be showing solo work at the CAVE Soak Festival, which is a culmination of much of what I have learned through the many workshops at CAVE, therefore CAVE has made this possible. CAVE has been critical and vital to my evolution as a performer and person.”
– Stephanie Lanckton, LEIMAY Community Member
Testimonial – Akira Kasai
“‘Nobody’s Money‘ that is shown at CAVE residency program, is about connection between the body and the economic structure. In the insecurity of the economic situation in this world these days, I felt this theme of piece aroused sympathy from many in the audience. Also, there was so many participants of dancers in the workshop, and workshop was very significant work, because I could explore the possibility of Butoh with same theme of the performance.”
– Akira Kasai, Guest Artist and Teacher
Testimonial – Yukio Waguri
“Trust in human beings is the one I feel strong when I collaborate with CAVE. This is basic of Butoh and is connected to a variety of human beings. I think it is a strength of CAVE activities, and it is inseparable from solid will which is the sustainability of their high sensitivity. It is not easy to explore more broadly and deeply, but I can see the possibility in CAVE. New wine for the new leather bag. New wave of art may be born in this NY. I would like them to go forward without being afraid.”
– Yukio Waguri, LUDUS Guest Teacher
Testimonial – Yukio Suzuki
“It was a great experience when I had my workshop residency at CAVE. The best thing about it was the cross-cultural aspect because students are coming from all over the world. I believe this program has been seeding and soon a new generation of performers will come. For me, it was nice challenge to have workshop, creative process and performance together.”
– Yukio Suzuki, LUDUS Guest Teacher